What makes March Madness so great?
1. Does all that college basketball stand for make March Madness great? Is it the passion of the players, the fierce rivalries and rooting on your alma mater? Or…
2. Is it that on any given day, your team could be playing the last game of the season? Win or go home.
There is no other major sport where fans can see the joy and anguish on the faces of the players that wear their schools’ colors (helmets preclude this in college football). Outside a few recent Michigan State games (please remove your head from your butt Kalin Lucas, Chris Allen and Durrell Summers), college basketball screams passion. For this reason alone, collegiate hoops blows the doors off the NBA. The camaraderie of a whole bar wearing green and white is pretty cool. Is this what makes March Madness arguably the best playoff season in sports?
Or, is it the fact that 12 seeds send 5 seeds packing 33 percent of the time? If your team doesn’t show up, their next game will be in November. One and done. Win or go home. And one of the worst sports cliches out there – do or die. Amongst major sports, only the NFL uses this system. There is no best of five or seven. Every weekend is composed of a four team tournament for each school. Win two and you’re playing next weekend.
So, which is it? The product or the format? What makes March Madness awesome?
For me, it’s the product. I can’t wait until Thursday.
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